Fly-trap for windows, doors, &amp;c.



PATBNTED NOV. 27, 1906.

OA. NEWMAN. FLY TRAP PON WINDOWS, DOORS, am.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 7. 1906.

'- ments L- of srA'rEs PATENT, OFFICE@ 'STPHEN A'. NEWMAN, or oAssviLLE,MISSOURI.

' FLM-framey Eon WINDOWS, noone;v ac.

To [LZ-Z whom, it map/'concern' I Be it lmown that I, STEPHEN A. NEWMAN,`:a citizen of the United States, residing at ,Cassvilleyin the countyof Barry and State of fMissouri, have invented certain new and use'- fulImprovements in Fly-Traps for Windows,

Doors, etc. j and Ido hereby declare .the fol-- Elowing to be aull,clear, and exact description of the'. invention, such as will enablethers skilledin the :art'to which it appertains to mal`ie-anduse thesame, reference being had to the vaccompanyingdrawings, and to theletters of reference ymarked thereon, i which `forni a art of thisspecification. Y

ThisV inventlon relates to new and useful improvements in ly-trapsadapted to be'us'ed connection with screen windows or anels of doors andso arranged that it may `e de-` tachablygheld thereto, and comprises,essentially, two plates, which are Jfastened to lthev screenen door andto one of which plates a page, havingiga ,bottoniI held in guideways,`forrned by bendin the opposite ends of one of the plates,' .is 'laapted to l.be secured,`andv having agstrip of screenvnettmg with a long;

`tujrdinal slot' or' opening registering with t e slotsr 2in the"plates, readily passin one directionfonly.I l i My invention comprisesvarious details o construction and `'combinations and arrangearts,'which willbe hereinafter described and then specifically defined fullyint e'a'ppended claims. I

illustrate my inventiony inthe accon1- panyingdrawingain which t lisaerspectiye view showingmy trap, asf-applic gto a"w1ndovv.v Flg. 2 lsalongitudina section through the trap, and

' Fig. Sis-a cross-sectional view.' I

,fo Reference nowlbeing had',` to thedet'ails of the-.d1 'j9vingsbyfletter, Aides' ates aplate,

whichjis preferablyof rectan door, and Bfvdesi'gnates a second plate,which is fastened to thejo positelface-,of the screen ordoor,'the1twopatesbeing held together by means of screwsvor otherfastening devices. Each 'of said' plates has "an elongated s lOtC, and'fr the marginali-edges f ot" the slot inthe ateA are providedWith'longitudmal flanges in the screenA or `door; "Thefouter side 'ofthe B ,which is .fastened;'- to ther inner' face Specicationof LettersPatient; l Appucaeonned'stptelber7.1906. semi No. 933,712.

. tening means being and their ends 'are fastened by the stri s ,alongthe opposite longitudinal edges of t e whereby insects may the provisiono same ma be 95 vof a win ow orpanel ot 'a door Wherever the t aroutline and i of anvfsutablesize 'and'hd ,ted to be posi-v.. tioned`avainstthe, 'outerface-.of a screen or Patented not. 27, 190e.

form 'a tclideway to receive the op osite edges of t e bottom N of thetra Whic bottom is made, preferably, of metall. Said botv tom N isprovided with an elongated slot O, which is in'registration with theslots formed lin said plates, and about said slot O is formed a screennetting Q with an. elongated-slot Q therein. The'opposite walls of saidnetting are tapered toward the slot therein and of such a size .thatinsects may readily pass through in one direction.`

Strips P are fastened over theopposite longitudinal edges vof a nettingJ, which forms a semicylindrical cage, and the ends J of the cage areclosed, and an led strips I are fitted over the stri s, which old theoppo site longitudinal e es ofl the cage, the faseither screws, nails,or other devices.- At one end of thel ca e is an opening G, having adoor G', pivota ly connecting the same with vthe end and adapted toswinguplonitspivot,l 'whereby access may be had to t e cage. -Strips W passabout the 'semicylindrical circumference of the cage,

ca e. y rom the foregoing it will be noted that by a ,trap as ,shown anddescribed a simple and ehcient device is afforded which may be readilyapplied to a window or door frame and so constructed that insects mayreadily pass through the plate into the cage and revented from makin(Jrexit peculiar s apleof the network about the en` trance, whic isprovided with an elongated slot With tapering. Walls leading thereto.When it is desired to killthe insects or to remove ,the cage for anyother purpose,l the readily detached from the frame tra may be used.

l at I4 claim is- Y "1. In combination with a slotted screen or door, aiy-'trap comprising two plates which loo are adapted to be `fastenedtogether and to the opposite faces of said screen or door withregistering V slots insaid plates` and screen or `door,a'semicylindrical inclosed cageI of net- Ating, one'of thefplateswhichhe fastened og' 'toget er having 'itslends bent tot` guide# n of saidxorm Ways to receive the ends of the'bottom -cage, ai tapering netgworkor screen about an elongated slot 1n tlabottom of the cageythe 1 outerportions of the tapering screen ternnnatx 1 o the bottom thereof, assetforth.

' 2. ln combination 'with a sotte screen or' door, yftrap compri'silxgVtwo plates fas-l tened together, one 0neech slide 3f-said sreeh or dooljand having regsteringfsots, thei'eu;

one of eaid plates having enges along ,the

'opposite merginl edges of the -"slot thene'hl'4 andA adapted to extendthrough the slot in the screen y01* door, the opposite 'edges of one ofseid'plat'es being bent 'to forno 'godeweyg v cage having a, metallic;bottom and an eoogatedslot in registration Withthe slots in tojbe-enaged said guideweys, a, sree 'the bottom ofthe ses; forth; Y I l ,hxtestimony rwg io hereuntofax my signatuie in thev preeence 'oftwo'wtlnessez?. STEPHEN ik.' NEWMAN.

Witnesses:

' Bokma Said flete ,vthe etges of said 'bottom edap-te1-

